Calpers Ends Its Wall Street Support Program, Stops Investing in Hedge Funds

Gretchen Morgenson had a good piece on the decision by the California Public Employees Retirement System (Calpers) to stop investing in hedge funds. She pointed out that such investments have been big losers for pension funds since the money transfered to the managers vastly exceeded any investment gains.

Interestingly, just last week the NYT praised to the sky Rhode Island's Treasurer and now Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Raimondo for a pension "reform" strategy that put much of th...